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Tuesday, December 22, 2009Browns make history twice in the same game
The Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, added two Cleveland Browns jerseys to its collection yesterday. WR Josh Cribbs and RB Jerome Harrison both turned in historic performances to help Cleveland to a 41-34 win in Kansas City on Sunday.
Cribbs, who has without a doubt been the MVP of the team this season, returned two kickoffs for touchdowns, taking the ball 100 and 103 yards. He is only the second player in NFL history to return two kickoffs 100 yards or more in the same game, joining Miami's Tedd Ginn Jr., who did the same against the Jets on November 1 of this year. Coming into the game, Cribbs had been tied with five other players for the most kickoffs returned for touchdowns in a career, with six. Now he is in a class by himself, with eight kickoffs returned all the way. This is Cribbs' fifth season in the league, and he has had at least one kickoff return TD in each year. The really amazing thing, though, is that Cribbs' spectacular day was almost overshadowed by Jerome Harrison's 286 rushing yards. The 4th-year RB nearly doubled his season yardage total in a single game and secured the win for the Browns with his 3 touchdowns. Aside from Cribbs and Harrison, the Browns didn't really have much offense, but their 5 touchdowns proved to be all Cleveland needed to outscore Kansas City.
Harrison's 286 rushing yards are the third most for any NFL player in a single game, breaking Hall-of-Famer Jim Brown's team record of 237 yards, which Brown set in 1957 against Los Angeles and equaled in 1961 against Philadelphia. Harrison also now holds the record for the most rushing yards gained in a road game. Trackbacks
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